newlywed
Americannoun
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newlyweds
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of newlywed
Explanation
A newlywed is a person who's recently gotten married. If you just got married this morning, you and your new spouse are newlyweds. Congrats! Some people will consider you a newlywed for several years after the actual wedding. The word comes from a popular early twentieth century comic strip about characters named Mr. and Mrs Newlywed called "The Newlyweds and their Baby," which was published in a New York newspaper.
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Bettina Trump's Instagram post was accompanied by 20 photos including one of the newlywed couple on a beach, and others of President Trump's other children Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Marwa worried about her sister Sosan, who was a newlywed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Indian wing of WhatsApp recently released a glossy, nine-minute advert telling the story of a fictional newlywed couple in rural India who fall in love via voice note.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
When she was a newlywed in the early 1980s, she took a tax course to get some practice filing returns.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
I noticed the sweet newlywed Mrs. Nash had stopped sipping her coffee and was hanging on my every word.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
That included newlyweds Sasha and James, who told BBC Your Voice they spent three hours stranded in Wetherspoons at Gatwick after their flight to their honeymoon was cancelled.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It’s currently unclear exactly where the newlyweds will base themselves full time.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
Between the newlyweds and the British royals, family ties proved only so strong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed that the newlyweds paid the city $160,000 to cover the resulting costs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
In their first days of marriage, the newlyweds are happy as can be, even though Jo has no idea how to keep house—“Its an absolute farce,” she writes her sister Mien.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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