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Bailey
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cadre

Postby Bailey » Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:45 am

ca·dre (kädr, -dr, kdr)
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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Postby skinem » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:03 am

I like the etymology...all very logical and one step leading to the next.

Mark, I think you're hanging with the cadre.

Good word!

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Postby Bailey » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:49 pm

well I tried on henchmen, and cohorts I think I've found the word I was looking for.

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