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belter

Etymology 1 n. (context British informal English) Anything that is particularly good of its class. Etymology 2

n. 1 One who sings forcefully. 2 A song suitable for forceful singing.

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Belter
  • William Belter (1926-1999), American lawyer and politician
  • A singer who applies the singing style of vocal belting
  • A Belter (Niven), resident of the asteroid belt in Larry Niven's Known Space
  • A Spanish record label founded in 1954 and closed in 1984.
Belter (Niven)

In Larry Niven's fictional Known Space universe, a Belter refers to a resident of the Asteroid Belt around Sol, sometimes known as the Sol Belt to differentiate it from Alpha Centauri's Serpent Swarm.

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More important, however, is that the transfer would improve commerce between the Belt and the Triplanetary population, defusing the more volatile Belter Autarchists, who view trade with Triplanetary as both expensive and pointless.

Mars, far enough from Earth almost to be considered a Belter outpost, remained steadfastly neutral, which meant they were on both sides, selling.

That in itself would generally not have damaged the heavy plating typical of Belter construction.

Valliardi Transfer, the Belter government first attempted to send manned warships into Earth orbit.

There were many hidden assumptions in the word, and not every Belter believed them all.

The interior of his suit was the only place many a Belter could call home, and the one possession he had to keep in perfect condition.

Like any Belter, he looks much like an undermuscled basketball player.

Nilsson nodded, satisfied, his graying blond Belter crest brushing the crown of his helmet.

Brennan, a Belter and a free man, had allowed himself to become property.

She was dark and willowy, her fingers long and slender: far more the Belter stereotype than Alice Jordan.

She considered the idea that Truesdale had come chasing a certain Belter woman.

Normal Belter cooking is almost vegetarian except for chicken and eggs.

Maybe you had to include the nudity of the cook to make it Belter cooking.

It insisted on English and spoke with a Belter accent, flat and rather neutral, the intonation of a people who were too solitary and too crowded to afford much emotion.

Otherwise he was a stocky nondescript man in loose black, although the Belter thought there might be soft armor beneath it.