CADRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cadre mean? 

• CADRE (noun)
  The noun CADRE has 2 senses:

1. a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

2. a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion

  Familiarity information: CADRE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CADRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

cadre; cell

Hypernyms ("cadre" is a kind of...):

political entity; political unit (a unit with political responsibilities)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cadre"):

sleeper cell (a cell of sleepers)

radical cell; terrorist cell (a cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members))

Holonyms ("cadre" is a member of...):

political movement (a group of people working together to achieve a political goal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("cadre" is a kind of...):

core; core group; nucleus (a small group of indispensable persons or things)

Holonyms ("cadre" is a member of...):

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

 Context examples 

Initiation of transcription from eukaryotic protein-coding genes is a complex process requiring RNA polymerase II (PolII) and a cadre of transcription factors.

(Basal Transcription Factor Gene, NCI Thesaurus)