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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cadre

/kăd'-rē/ · Ca·dre · IPA /ˈkɑ.dɹeɪ/
01 n. The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
  1. 1.
    The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.(Mil.)