Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cadre"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cadre
n 1: a small unit serving as the nucleus of a larger political
movement [syn: {cell}]
2: a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion
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