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cadre

cadre

32 7.9
A small group of people who lead a larger organization, movement or army unit
  • noun
  • /ˈkædreɪ/
translation icon : cuadro
  • A small cadre of activists spearheaded the campaign for environmental reform.
  • a party cadre
  • a cadre of experts
  • a cadre of professionals

Can you help them strengthen the leadership cadre of your organization going into the future?

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Examples

  • So what we're doing is we're reaching out to a broad cadre of folks and saying this is still moving forward.

  • Soon he had amassed a cadre of like-minded Marines who began to share meals.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Can you help them strengthen the leadership cadre of your organization going into the future?

  • To consider all the achievements from a cadre of people that small is pretty amazing.

  • Certainly we have a reasonable cadre of people at the school that might be deployed under certain circumstances.

  • On their return, they formed a strong cadre dedicated to democratic citizenship education.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Brad is one of a cadre of writers who live in and near Austin, Texas.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • GEMS, for example, has a large cadre of teachers that are already providing offering courses in a number of areas.

  • They took a large cadre of loyal officers with them.

  • Four men of his new cadre were eating breakfast in the first-class cabin.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

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vscadre
  • Literature
123 7.1

A small secret group that works inside a larger organization, often for political aims

is a formal leadership core that directs the larger organization

Antonyms

295 1.6

A person who supports a leader and accepts their direction

283 4.1

A person who is not accepted by a group or community

Surface Forms

cadre singular
cadres plural

Etymology

Cadre comes from the French word cadre, which means 'frame', like the wooden frame of a picture that holds the picture in place. So a cadre is a small, trained group that acts like a frame, holding an organization together as its core leaders.