Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cadre \Ca"dre\, n. [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L.
   quadrum, fr. quatuor four.] (Mil.)
   The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be
   formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
   [Written also {cader}.]

Source : WordNet®

cadre
     n 1: a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a
          larger political movement [syn: {cell}]
     2: a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

CADRE
     
         The US {software engineering} vendor which merged
        with {Bachman Information Systems} to form {Cayenne Software}
        in July 1996.
     
        (1998-02-08)