HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cadre
/ˈkɑ.dɹeɪ/
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What does cadre mean?
noun
- A frame or framework.
- The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
- The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
More meanings (2)
noun
- A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
- Synonym of RAII.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkɑ.dɹeɪ/
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/ˈkæd.ɹeɪ//ˈkɑ.dɹə//ˈkæd.ɹi//ˈkɑ.dɹi//ˈkɑ.dɚ/
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There was nothing like it anywhere else in Europe, and no one now living will ever look on so brilliant a scene, set in so vast a cadre.
So remote from the old army standards and training were the conceptions of the new scientific warfare, that there was no scientific cadre or outstanding scientific soldier to take over the direction and organisation of these matters at the front or at home.