power couplen.
/ˈpaʊə ˌkʌpl/, U.S. /ˈpaʊ(ə)r ˌkəp(ə)l/ Originally U.S.
A couple (usually a married couple) in which both members are successful, influential, or wealthy in their own right; also in extended use.
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1983 Newsweek 17 Jan. 14/2 Robert and Elizabeth Dole have become a Washington power couple—heirs to all the attention and mystique the title implies.
1993 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 16/2 For a power couple like the Shukovsky Englishes, this had all the makings of a public-relations disaster.
1997 Lawyers Weekly (Canada) (Nexis) 5 Sept. This year, two women lawyers were the undisputed legal ‘power couple’ at the annual CBA President's dinner... The pair are fast friends who share an Ottawa apartment when they aren't in their ridings.
2005 Vanity Fair Feb. 180/2 Touted as one of London's ‘power couples’, McEwan and McAfee are often photographed out on the town.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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