newlywed
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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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His newlywed wife quit her job at a New York advertising agency to join him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
On one side of the screen, a retired cop or a newlywed couple steps in as savior.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
Except she called it love and went off, happy as a newlywed.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Prenups, in general, are appealing to a much broader swath of newlyweds, lawyers say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
With temperatures nearing triple digits under a record-setting heat wave, fans also spent hours waiting outside in hopes of catching a glimpse of the newlyweds or their celebrity guests.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
For now, the newlyweds are enjoying a new chapter of their love story, which began with a near-perfect meeting, but was paused for years, before eventually blooming into two of the area's most talked-about unions.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
When the newlyweds found an apartment in downtown Manhattan, Burden used the proceeds of a family trust to buy it, with James as a joint owner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
The group went back to Maer Hall, where Emma quickly changed out of her fancy clothes, and the two newlyweds said their farewells.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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