Cadre Definition

kädrā, -drə, kădrē, kädər
cadres
noun
cadres
Basic structure or framework.
Webster's New World
An operational unit, as of staff officers or other key personnel, around which an expanded organization can be built.
Webster's New World
A tightly knit group of zealots who are active in advancing the interests of a revolutionary party.
American Heritage
A small, unified group organized to instruct or lead a larger group; nucleus.
Webster's New World
A member of such a group.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Cadre

Noun

Singular:
cadre
Plural:
cadres

Origin of Cadre

  • Borrowing from French cadre, from Italian quadro (“square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Italian quadro frame from Latin quadrum a square kwetwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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