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English

Etymology

#French|cadre, quadro square, from quadrum, from quatuor four.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkɑːdreɪ/

Noun

frame or framework
In the Context of The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
Core of a managing group
* 2006 1
*: Party cadres must guard against the temptations of power, money and sex.

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French

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Fr-cadre.ogg
IPA: lang=fr

Noun

the frame of a door, picture
the backbone of an organization
an imprinted box on a page
executive
scope or framework
list of military officers

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Cadre \Ca"dre\, n. [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L.
quadrum, fr. quatuor four.] (Mil.)
The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be
formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
[Written also cader.]
[1913 Webster]

WordNet cadre
n 1: a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a
larger political movement [syn: cell]
2: a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion

Moby Dictionary
KP , army , army group , battalion , battery , battle group , board ,
board of directors , board of regents , board of trustees , brigade ,
bunch , cabal , cabinet , camarilla , case , casement , casing , cell ,
charmed circle , chassis , circle , clan , clique , closed circle ,
cohort , column , combat command , combat team , company , corps ,
coterie , council , crew , crowd , detachment , detail , directorate ,
directory , division , doorframe , elite , elite group , executive arm ,
executive committee , executive hierarchy , fabric , field army ,
field train , file , flying column , frame , framework , framing ,
garrison , governing board , governing body , group , infrastructure ,
ingroup , inner circle , interlocking directorate , junta , junto ,
kitchen police , lattice , latticework , legion , management , maniple ,
mob , organization , outfit , phalanx , picture frame , platoon , posse ,
rank , regiment , ring , sash , section , set , shell , skeleton , squad ,
squadron , steering committee , tactical unit , task force ,
the administration , the brass , the executive , the people upstairs ,
top brass , train , troop , unit , we-group , window case , window frame ,
wing

FOLDOC CADRE

The US software engineering vendor which merged
with Bachman Information Systems to form Cayenne Software
in July 1996.

(1998-02-08)