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cadre

[kad-ree, kah-drey]

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noun

Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.

a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force: They hoped to form a cadre of veteran party members.

(especially in Communist countries) a cell of trained and devoted workers.

a member of a cadre; a person qualified to serve in a cadre.

a framework, outline, or scheme.

Origin:
1905–10; < French: frame, border, bounds, cadre (metaphorically, the cadre being the framework into which temporary personnel are fit) < Italian quadro < Latin quadrum square; see quadri-

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cadre (ˈkɑːdə)

—n
1.	the nucleus of trained professional servicemen forming the basis for the training of new units or other military expansion
2.	a basic unit or structure, esp of specialists or experts; nucleus; core
3.	a group of revolutionaries or other political activists, esp when taking part in military or terrorist activities
4.	a member of a cadre

[C19: from French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum square]

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Word Origin & History

cadre

1830, from Fr. cadre, lit. "a frame of a picture" (16c.), so, "a detachment forming the skeleton of a regiment" (1851), from It. quadro, from L. quadrum "a square" (see quadrille). The communist sense is from 1930.

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cadre [(kad-ree, kah-dray)]

An elite or select group that forms the core of an organization and is capable of training new members.

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