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
A newlywed British couple and their pilot were killed in a helicopter crash on the Greek island of Sifnos on Monday, according to local media reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
On their honeymoon, they traveled to Greece, and Sofía sent her mother and father and sisters postcards like any newlywed.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Nearly four years ago, the newlyweds and their journalist exes — also recent newlyweds — were embroiled in scandal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Carrey and Ah have largely kept their relationship away from the public eye, and not much is known about Ah; however, the newlyweds were apparently first spotted together in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Prince of Wales was an RAF search and rescue pilot at the Holyhead base from 2010 to 2013 and lived on Anglesey with the Princess of Wales as newlyweds.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
In 1944, on the eve of the lunar new year, the newlyweds moved to Hengyang, a city of 300,000 souls lying in the path of Japan’s planned military offensive, Operation Ichi-Go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Behind them, their fathers discussed the plans for the farmhouse they would build for the newlyweds in the western meadow.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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