Definitions for cadre

cadre ca·dre

Spelling: [kad-ree, kah-drey]
IPA: /ˈkæd ri, ˈkɑ dreɪ/

Cadre is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in cadre (acder).

Definitions for cadre

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 work force:
  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.

Origin of cadre

1905-10; French: frame, border, bounds, cadre (metaphorically, the cadre being the framework into which temporary personnel are fit) Italian quadro Latin quadrum square; see Examples for cadre

Where we landed was a mix of humor, celebrity, really talented video bloggers, and a cadre of digital partnerships.

This force, which formed the cadre of the present army, had French teachers and adopted from the latter the French uniform.

What is the strength of the army required to protect the country from internal violence, and for a cadre of a full army?

They lack the cadre of educated people needed in order to truly engage the IMF in constructive discourse.

Along with a cadre of other young, outspoken LGBT-rights activists in Yaoundé and Douala, Lembembe was impatient for change.

He can possibly wield control from inside through a cadre of loyal lieutenants in the field.

For the sake of this post, let's call this cadre the Republican base.

In the U.S. view a small group—or cadre—of fierce red ants have taken power and are opposing the black-ant majority.

The battalion was augmented about this time by the arrival of the cadre of the 2nd 7th Manchesters.

On April 1, 1913, only forty-six of the 1319 civilians on the cadre were natives of India.

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