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newlywed

American  
[noo-lee-wed, nyoo-] / ˈnu liˌwɛd, ˈnyu- /

noun

  1. a person who has recently married.

newlywed British  
/ ˈnjuːlɪˌwɛd /

noun

  1. (often plural) a recently married person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of newlywed

First recorded in 1915–20; newly + wed

Example Sentences

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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

Because Shelley came up with “Frankenstein” as an 18-year-old newlywed who’d just lost a baby, her message gets boiled down to gender: Women birth life, men mimic it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

On one side of the screen, a retired cop or a newlywed couple steps in as savior.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

This is where newlywed Jack Harbaugh got his coaching start in 1961, after his playing career at Bowling Green State University, and three days at Buffalo Bills training camp, had come to an end.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025

More important to me was the fact that within a matter of hours we'd returned to the easy rhythm of our newlywed life.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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