deliverers

noun

plural of deliverer
1
as in deliverymen
a person who delivers goods to customers usually over a regular local route we eagerly took the food and tipped the deliverer

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2
as in saviors
one that saves from danger or destruction the surviving passengers thanked their deliverers profusely

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Recent Examples of deliverers With the water at the low levels, the water authority is unable to use its $200 million hydroelectric Cielo pump station that deliverers renewable energy to 26,000 homes and transfers low-cost water to the Olivenhain Reservoir and SFID’s RE Badger Filtration plant. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
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  1. deliverymen
  2. saviors
  3. couriers
  4. protectors
  5. messengers
Noun
  • Those rules should also be extended to the restaurants that directly contract with deliverymen, which is a largely immigrant workforce that is easily exploited.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of deliverymen
Noun
  • White Southerners are victims, and the KKK is made up of virtuous saviors.
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
  • The current leaders, however, have positioned themselves as saviors of the Islamic Republic, and with that credibility could institute certain changes that are widely known to be necessary and desirable, but that would have looked counterrevolutionary if proposed by anyone else.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
Definition of saviors
Noun
  • Official couriers carrying an imperial passport could exchange horses rapidly, allowing messages and travelers to move across the empire with remarkable speed.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • According to Maria Palladini, former special agent for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Molt had a habit of taking couriers and dealers under his wing only to betray them.
    — Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of couriers
Noun
  • Minimal Phone will also throw in $100 worth of accessories, including a case, screen protectors, and a 27W fast charger.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Layered on top is rhetoric, from the highest levels of government, that casts career scientists as adversaries rather than protectors.
    — Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of protectors
Noun
  • Many occur naturally in the body and act as chemical messengers, influencing metabolism, inflammation, reproduction and other physiological processes.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The ancient route was first traveled by hunter-gatherers, before being used by Indigenous traders, Inca messengers, Spanish colonists, and railway workers, among others.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026
Definition of messengers

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“Deliverers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverers. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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