A cadre is the backbone or framework of an organization. It may also refer to:

• En cadre, also 'cadre' for short, a military expression for a group of officers or NCOs around whom a unit is formed, or a training staff
• A group of professional revolutionaries in a communist movement
• An office-holder in the People's Republic of China
• Cadre (comics), a DC Comics supervillain group
• Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education
• The CADRE Laboratory for New Media at San Jose State University

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