brown belt
Americannoun
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a brown cloth waistband conferred upon a participant in one of the martial arts, as judo or karate, to indicate an intermediate rank.
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a person who has attained this rank.
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the rank itself.
Etymology
Origin of brown belt
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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A poised taekwondo brown belt who is home-schooled, she had been a competitive speller since age 6, and at 10 she had come to the bee and tied for 51st place.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022
Sy earned a brown belt in karate, and Cardoza, who does indeed do the crane kick, was a competitive figure skater for 15 years.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2022
Born and raised on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, she has degrees in law and theoretical physics, a pilot’s license, and a brown belt from an elite judo institute in Japan.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2020
A black belt in judo and brown belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, the 27-year-old former amateur European and world champion in MMA quickly got over the excitement of being elevated to the main event.
From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2020
Even from a distance he’d be easy to recognize, because he always wears the same thing: a pair of jeans with a worn brown belt and leather hiking boots.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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