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5 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
noun a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion
originBorrowed from French cadre, from Italian quadro (“framed painting, square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0