Cadre
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A frame or framework.
"[…] He took away the frame itself, as well as the notice. Mr. MacCulloch. I recollect Mr. Dobrée stating that his reason for taking the cadre was, that the notice was pasted, and that he could not unpaste it."
- 2 Synonym of RAII. uncountable
- 3 a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion wordnet
- 4 The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
"From the original plan, thirty-four cadre battalions, with a total of 116 companies, had actually been formed, a total of about 700 officers and another 600 key enlisted men."
- 5 a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement wordnet
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- 6 The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
"In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels."
- 7 A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
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More examples"Of course Tom was encouraging the riot — him and his cadre of drunken, deluded sycophants."
Etymology
Borrowed from French cadre, from Italian quadro (“framed painting, square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”).