<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Military: The key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.</li><li>A group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled workforce.<ul><li>Example: They hoped to form a cadre of veteran party members.</li></ul></li><li>(Especially in Communist countries) A cell of trained and devoted workers.</li><li>A member of a cadre; a person qualified to serve in a cadre.</li><li>A framework, outline, or scheme.</li></ul>