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Definition of: cadre
(kad′rē, Fr. kä′dr') noun
1. The officers and men necessary to establish and train a military unit.
2. Trained personnel essential in the conduct and management of an organization, enterprise, etc.
3. A nucleus; skeleton; framework. [F, frame of a picture <Ital. quadro <L quadrum square]