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noun Martial Arts.
a brown cloth waistband conferred upon a participant in one of the martial arts, as judo or karate, to indicate an intermediate rank.
a person who has attained this rank.
the rank itself.
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Compare black belt (def. 1), white belt.

Origin of brown belt

First recorded in1965–70

Words nearby brown belt

brown-bag, brown bagger, brown bagging, brown bat, brown bear, brown belt, brown bent, brown betty, brown bread, brown bullhead, brown butter
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How to use brown belt in a sentence

  • It was a hot night, and he wore no jacket, only a plain brown calico work shirt, with a pistol and a knife at his wide brown belt.

    Shaman|Robert Shea

  • It is bounded on either side by a reddish brown belt of about the same width.

    Astronomy of To-day|Cecil G. Dolmage

  • Below white, with a blue belt across the breast, and the female with a brown belt also.

    Citizen Bird|Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
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