1 (with sing. or pl. verb)] a small group of people who are especially chosen and trained for a particular purposeकिसी संगठन के कुछ सदस्य जो किसी विशेष उद्देश्य के लिए चुने एवं प्रशिक्षित किए जाते हैं
The Jammu and Kashmir cadre was specially trained to fight terrorism.
2 a member of this kind of groupइस प्रकार के संगठन का सदस्य
They were to become the cadres of the new Communist Party.