- the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled workforce: They hoped to form a cadre of veteran party members.
- (especially in Communist countries) a cell of trained and devoted workers.
- a member of a cadre; a person qualified to serve in a cadre.
- a framework, outline, or scheme.
- the nucleus of trained professional servicemen forming the basis for the training of new units or other military expansion
- a basic unit or structure, esp of specialists or experts; nucleus; core
- a group of revolutionaries or other political activists, esp when taking part in military or terrorist activities
- a member of a cadre
