brown belt
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.Compare black belt (def. 1), white belt.
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Origin of brown belt
First recorded in 1965–70
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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