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cadre

[ka-drey, kah-drey]

noun

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

  2. 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 workforce.

    They hoped to form a cadre of veteran party members.

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

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

  5. a framework, outline, or scheme.



cadre

/ ˈɑːə /

noun

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cadre

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cadre1

First recorded in 1905–10; from French: “frame, border, bounds, cadre” (metaphorically, the cadre being the framework into which temporary personnel are fit), from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum “sܲ”; quadri-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cadre1

C19: from French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum square
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Her cadre of worshippers assigns to her a mystical power to transform lives, but the truth is mundane.

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He doesn’t have the legal power to end DEI initiatives at private businesses, and the cadre of followers who respond to his culture warfare may be nowhere as large as they think they are.

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They said their cases would expose how the music legend-turned-entrepreneur used his power and money to get away with shocking crimes, often with help from a cadre of advisors and aides.

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To record his new songs, he recruited a cadre of Latin musicians and made affectionate nods to genres like cumbia and ranchera.

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To help usher in those changes, he has appointed a cadre of Project 2025 contributors to powerful positions in his administration.

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