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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•dre /ˈkædri, ˈkɑdreɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta small group of people, as soldiers, able to train and lead a larger group.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•dre (kad′rē, kä′drā),USA pronunciation n. - Militarythe key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- Governmenta 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.
- Government(esp. in Communist countries) a cell of trained and devoted workers.
- Military, Governmenta member of a cadre;
a person qualified to serve in a cadre. - a framework, outline, or scheme.
- Latin quadrum square; see quadri-
- Italian quadro
- French: frame, border, bounds, cadre (metaphorically, the cadre being the framework into which temporary personnel are fit)
- 1905–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cadre /ˈkɑːdə/ n - the nucleus of trained professional servicemen forming the basis for the training of new units or other military expansion
- a basic unit or structure, esp of specialists or experts; nucleus; core
- a group of revolutionaries or other political activists, esp when taking part in military or terrorist activities
- a member of a cadre
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum square |