CADRE


Meaning of CADRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-ˌdrā, ˈkä-, -drē; especially Brit ]

ˈkä-də(r), ˈkā-, -drə noun

Etymology: French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum square — more at quarrel

Date: 1830

1. : frame , framework

2. : a nucleus or core group especially of trained personnel able to assume control and to train others ; broadly : a group of people having some unifying relationship

a cadre of lawyers

3. : a cell of indoctrinated leaders active in promoting the interests of a revolutionary party

4. : a member of a cadre

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.