Associations to the word «Cadre»

Wiktionary

CADRE, noun. A frame or framework.
CADRE, noun. (military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
CADRE, noun. (chiefly in communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
CADRE, noun. A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession

Dictionary definition

CADRE, noun. A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
CADRE, noun. A nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats