newlywed

[noo-lee-wed, nyoo-]

noun

1. a person who has recently married.

newlywed

/ ˈnjuːlɪˌwɛd /

noun

1. (often plural) a recently married person

Word History and Origins

Origin of newlywed¹

First recorded in 1915–20; newly + wed

Example Sentences

Victorian audiences were repelled by Henrik Ibsen’s fatally attractive newlywed who appears to have it all — the fancy house, the doting husband — only to be violently bored.

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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.

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The venue, on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, also features a fully restored cottage for newlyweds who get married there, as well as multiple areas where couples can say their "I do's".

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As a result, county officials are hoping to collect more from would-be newlyweds to help close the financial gap.

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Thompson’s scheming newlywed manipulates the other characters with the confidence of a queen who controls all the pieces on the board, but every so often she simply has to flip the table over.

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