'Cadre' definitions:
Definition of 'cadre'
From: WordNet
noun
A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement [syn: cell, cadre]
noun
A nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion
Definition of 'Cadre'
From: GCIDE
- Cadre \Ca"dre\, n. [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L. quadrum, fr. quatuor four.] (Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cadre'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- KP,
- 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