cadre

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=dre

CIDE DICTIONARY

cadre, n. [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L. quadrum, fr. quatuor four.].

 The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cadre, n.
1 a basic unit, esp. of servicemen, forming a nucleus for expansion when necessary.
2 also a a group of activists in a communist or any revolutionary party. b a member of such a group.

Etymology

F f. It. quadro f. L quadrus square

THESAURUS

cadre

KP, army, army group, battalion, battery, battle group, board, board of directors, board of regents, board of trustees, brigade, bunch, cabal, cabinet, camarilla, case, casement, casing, cell, charmed circle, chassis, circle, clan, clique, closed circle, cohort, column, combat command, combat team, company, corps, coterie, council, crew, crowd, detachment, detail, directorate, directory, division, doorframe, elite, elite group, executive arm, executive committee, executive hierarchy, fabric, field army, field train, file, flying column, frame, framework, framing, garrison, governing board, governing body, group, infrastructure, ingroup, inner circle, interlocking directorate, junta, junto, kitchen police, lattice, latticework, legion, management, maniple, mob, organization, outfit, phalanx, picture frame, platoon, posse, rank, regiment, ring, sash, section, set, shell, skeleton, squad, squadron, steering committee, tactical unit, task force, the administration, the brass, the executive, the people upstairs, top brass, train, troop, unit, we-group, window case, window frame, wing