newlywed
[noo-lee-wed, nyoo-]
- a person who has recently married.
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Origin of newlywed
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Contemporary Examples
And the private “chapel” reportedly gives its newlyweds a conservative Christian CD with hetero-reinforcing marriage sermons.
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October 23, 2014
Will it be a simple matter of the newlyweds depositing their marriage certificate?
The newlyweds have vowed never to spend more than two weeks apart, and will split their time between London and Los Angeles.
There is no word where the newlyweds will spend their honeymoon.
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September 27, 2014
Daniel and Karla came to Tucson from Mexico 14 years ago as newlyweds and never left.
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June 11, 2014
Historical Examples
As the newlyweds left the room, Belle turned to Garlock with a quizzical smile.
The Galaxy PrimesEdward Elmer Smith
If surfing the Net is part of the newlyweds' life, there is even less dialogue.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
newlywed
- (often plural) a recently married person
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Word Origin and History for newlyweds
newlywed
n.
also newly-wed, 1907, from newly + wed. Probably owes its origin to a then-popular newspaper comic strip, "The Newlyweds and Their Baby," about Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed, by George McManus in the New York "World." As an adjective, newly-wed is attested from 1833. An earlier adjective was new-married (1530s). Ancient Greek had neo-zygos "newly married," literally "newly yoked."
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