Thesaurus results for DELIVERYMAN

deliveryman

noun

di-ˈli-v(ə-)rē-mən

Definition of deliveryman

as in courier

a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route the deliveryman dropped off a package for us while we were at the store

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Recent Examples of deliveryman The trio posted as deliverymen to gain access to victims' homes in San Francisco, San Jose, Sunnyvale and Los Angeles. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 12 May 2026 Saatva provides a 10-year warranty as well as free in-room delivery and setup, and the deliverymen were done in less than 15 minutes, even putting my old mattress back on for me. — Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 6 May 2026 La Voix Humaine is a haunting musical about a desperate woman on a final phone call with her departing lover while Stuck Elevator is a story about a food deliveryman who got trapped in a Bronx elevator for 81 hours. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026 The police ordered him out of the apartment along with the deliverymen. — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deliveryman

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The suspects instructed the woman to withdraw cash from her account and hand it over to a courier, who would come to her residence to collect the money, police said.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Gemma’s increasing frailty and the newfound demands of being a spiritist courier now tasked with the most important job of all provide star Eve a fine enough base to play.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026

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Unlike Benitez, who arrived at Anfield with inflated confidence having won two La Liga titles in three seasons at Valencia, along with the UEFA Cup, Iraola’s track record is one of a developer at each of his previous clubs rather than a deliverer of trophies.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 3 June 2026
The first-ever woman — and the first-ever Black person — to win the Cinematography Oscar was also the deliverer of one of the night’s most iconic speeches.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of deliverer

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