cadre

The definition of a cadre is a group of people who can lead, organize and train within an organization.

(noun)

An example of a cadre is a group of trained people around which a bigger organization can be built.
An example of a cadre is a group of team leaders in a business project.

See cadre in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

basic structure or framework
an operational unit, as of staff officers or other key personnel, around which an expanded organization can be built
a small, unified group organized to instruct or lead a larger group; nucleus
a member of a political, esp. Communist, cadre

Origin: Fr, a frame < It quadro < L quadrum, a square: see quadrate

See cadre in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A nucleus of trained personnel around which a larger organization can be built and trained: a cadre of corporals who train recruits.
a. A tightly knit group of zealots who are active in advancing the interests of a revolutionary party.
b. A member of such a group.
A framework.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Italian quadro, frame

Origin: , from Latin quadrum, a square; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots

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