Cadre Meaning
/ˈkɑː.də/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA frame or framework.
nounThe framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
Sentence Examples
I still haven't thought of a cadre name.
Tom Jackson is his cadre name.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The small ____ of revolutionaries planned the uprising during secret meetings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A small ____ of experts was formed to solve the difficult problem.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French cadre, from Italian quadro (“framed painting, square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] He took away the frame itself, as well as the notice.
Mr. MacCulloch. I recollect Mr. Dobrée stating that his reason for taking the cadre was, that the notice was pasted, and that he could not unpaste it."
— 1848, Parliamentary Papers, volume 27, page 283:
"From the original plan, thirty-four cadre battalions, with a total of 116 companies, had actually been formed, a total of about 700 officers and another 600 key enlisted men."
— 2002, Barry M. Stentiford, chapter 9, in The American Home Guard: the State Militia in the Twentieth Century, →ISBN, page 202:
"In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels."
— 1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 242:
"After the war, he was a party cadre and worked as a correspondent for the daily newspaper Zeri i Popullit (The People's Voice)."
— 1986, Robert Elsie, Dictionary of Albanian Literature, page 101:
"Finally, the exchange, circulation and education of local cadres constitute another key strategy implemented by the provincial leadership in its efforts to diffuse economic development into the backward inland region."
— 1997, Jae Ho Chung, edited by David S.G. Goodman, China's Provinces in Reform: Class, community and political culture, Routledge, page 146:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The small ____ of revolutionaries planned the uprising during secret meetings.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A small ____ of experts was formed to solve the difficult problem.