cadre
UK /ˈkɑː.də/ · US /ˈkɑ.dɹeɪ/ noun
Forms cadres
- noun A frame or framework.
- noun (military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
- noun (chiefly in communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
- noun A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
- noun Synonym of RAII.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French cadre, from Italian quadro (“framed painting, square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]
Etymology [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L. quadrum, fr. quatuor four.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “cadre”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details