black belt

See also: blackbelt

English

Calque of Japanese 黒帯 (kuroobi)

black belt (plural black belts)

(martial arts) The highest belt colour in various martial arts.
Synonym: dan
(martial arts) Someone who has attained the black belt in martial arts.
Synonym: dan

Raymond is a black belt in karate.
(figurative, colloquial) Great skill in any field.
(management) A senior manager who is expert in one of various management systems such as Six Sigma or DMAIC and acts in a project leader or mentor role.
- 2011, Bob Paladino, Five Key Principles of Corporate Performance Management, →ISBN:
  I had the good fortune of being engaged to participate as a trainer to GE Capital Corporation, where we helped to launch their now well-known and highly regarded black belt program.

highest belt color in various martial arts

person who has attained the black belt

Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑帶／黑带 (hēidài)
Finnish: not used in Finnish (instead say jollakulla on musta vyö "someone has a black belt")
French: ceinture noire (fr) f
German: Schwarzgürtel m
Russian: чернопоя́сник m (černopojásnik) (rare)

black +‎ belt

black belt (plural black belts)

(US, southern) A geographic region where the residents are predominantly or exclusively African-American.
- 1992, Hanes Walton, The Native Son Presidential Candidate: The Carter Vote in Georgia, →ISBN, page 5:
  Bernard Cosman found that in Georgia, it was the black belt whites who gave Goldwater his largest percentage of the vote.

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