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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverers
  1. deliverymen
  2. saviors
  3. couriers
  4. protectors
  5. messengers
Noun
  • 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
  • The police ordered him out of the apartment along with the deliverymen.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 3 Apr. 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
  • According to Liu, the logistics provider had signed contracts with about 120 schools in China to retrain its army of couriers for new work such as repairing and maintaining robots.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
  • Darnell and Sanchez also targeted other Empyreal Logistics couriers in Denver and in Northern Colorado.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 6 June 2026
Definition of couriers
Noun
  • Linn said dogs were often seen in the Bronze Age and mythology as protectors, often guarding the house.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • Six legs and a center support help create a stable foundation, while linen protectors cover the rail ends and floor-friendly glides help prevent scratches on hard floors.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2026
Definition of protectors
Noun
  • The exact cause isn’t known, but Parkinson’s develops when cells that produce one of the brain’s chemical messengers — dopamine — begin to deteriorate and die.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • These short chains of amino acids are found naturally in the body and act as useful messengers, telling cells when to repair damaged tissue, produce hormones, reduce inflammation, and more.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 20 July 2026
Definition of messengers

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