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cadre Definition


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cadre
noun
    1. military.
      A permanent core unit which can be expanded when required, eg by conscription.
    2. An inner group of activists in a revolutionary party, especially a Communist one.
    3. A member of a such a group.
Etymology: 19c: French, meaning ‘framework', from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrum square.



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