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Webster 1913 Edition

Cadre

‖

Ca′dre

,

Noun.

[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

.]