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n.
1. A nucleus of trained personnel around which a larger organization can be built and trained: a cadre of corporals who train recruits.
2.
a. A tightly knit group of zealots who are active in advancing the interests of a revolutionary party.
b. A member of such a group.
3. A framework.
[French, from Italian quadro, frame, from Latin quadrum, a square; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]
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