ˈkadrē also -ˈä- or -ˈȧ- or -(ˌ)drā or -_dri or -_drə; Brit often ˈkȧdr ə or -də noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum square — more at quarrel
1. : frame , framework : scheme : skeletal organization
the current specialisms and cadres of our university curricula — H.M.McLuhan
2.
a. : a nucleus or core group especially of trained personnel or active members of an organization who are capable of assuming leadership or of training and indoctrinating others
a highly skilled cadre of technicians and workers — Economist
only a cadre of maintenance men worked here in the winter — T.W.Duncan
the permanent cadre of the Indian Civil Service — H.N.Brailsford
as
(1) : a group of key officers and enlisted men assigned to a new unit as a nucleus for its formation, administration, and training
(2)
[probably from Russian kadr, from French cadre ]
: a cell of indoctrinated leaders active in promoting the interests of a revolutionary party
a cadre of dedicated men ready to initiate any violence the party demanded
b.
[probably from Russian kadr, from French cadre ]
: a member of a cadre, especially a political cadre
do not want a conflict … before their own cadres are already — New Republic