cadre /ˈkɑːdə 
, ˈkeɪdə , ˈkɑːdrə , ˈkeɪdrə / ▸ noun 1 a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession: a cadre of professional managers.
2 /ˈkeɪdə / a group of activists in a communist or other revolutionary organization: he was an activist in the cadre.
▪ a member of an activist group: two young cadres were elected to the politburo.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: from French, from Italian quadro, from Latin quadrus ‘square’.
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