[ˈkadri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession
(e.g: a cadre of professional managers)

- a group of activists in a communist or other revolutionary organization
(e.g: he was an activist in the cadre)


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Origin:
mid 19th century: from French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrus ‘square’