deliveryman
noun
-ˌman\
Definition of deliveryman
: a person who delivers wholesale or retail goods to customers usually over a regular local route
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At one point, a Domino’s deliveryman walked into the room. — Adrian Chen, The New Yorker, "Ice Poseidon’s Lucrative, Stressful Life as a Live Streamer," 8 Dec. 2014 At the Brooklyn Army base, a guard called ICE on a pizza deliveryman married to an American citizen with two daughters, putting him up for deportation; after which area restaurants started refusing to deliver to the base. — Mari Uyehara, GQ, "Blacklist Every Last One of Them," 26 June 2018 Inconveniently, José is both the best player on the team and Steve’s best bicycle deliveryman. — Jim Mckay, New York Times, "Review: In ‘En el Séptimo Día,’ He Wants to Work and Play. What Will He Do?," 7 June 2018 Corey Williams pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the death of pizza deliveryman Jarvis Griffin, who was shot in 1998. — Fox News, "The Latest: Agreement: false confession obstructed justice," 22 May 2018 Officials said deliveryman Pablo Villavicencio was detained June 1 after a routine background check at the garrison’s gate revealed there was a warrant for his arrest for immigration law violations. — Washington Post, "Governor asks for federal probe of detained pizza man," 9 June 2018 An Amazon deliveryman from Texas is going viral after his adorable act of obedience was caught on camera last week. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "Adorable Amazon Deliveryman Helps Wife Hide Packages from Husband," 7 June 2018 According to BuzzFeed News, the guard asked for further identification, and when Villavicencio wasn’t able to provide it, the deliveryman was directed to get a daily pass. — Anne Branigin, The Root, "A Pizza Man Brought Pies to a Brooklyn, NY, Military Base. Now He’s Facing Deportation," 7 June 2018 After the yobs fled, the Sun reported, Cumberbatch hugged the deliveryman from Deliveroo, a U.K. food-delivery service. — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, "Actor Benedict Cumberbatch thwarts London mugging: report," 2 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deliveryman.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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deliveryman
noun
English Language Learners Definition of deliveryman
: a man who delivers goods to customers
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