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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A newlywed bride was given the gift of two weddings in two days so her grandfather with dementia could walk her down the aisle from his care home.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
His newlywed wife quit her job at a New York advertising agency to join him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
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
Just two years younger than Dorothy, Blanche was a thirty-five-year-old newlywed in 1947.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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
The influx of funds allowed the newlyweds to buy a modest apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Paired with another film starring newlyweds Holland and Zendaya, the earnings of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” have helped give new meaning to the phrase “power couple.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The government has begun offering longer parental leave, cash bonuses for babies and subsidised apartments for newlyweds.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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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