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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In the 1990s, Nigerian rings often trafficked drugs from Southeast Asia to Chicago via couriers, according to the Justice Department.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Detectives seized the home’s surveillance system, which showed a man named Jiajia Fan assigning customers to the women, collecting payment and turning over the money to a courier, Pinner wrote.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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In response to questions, Deliveroo said this may be related to a change in which deliverers are paid based on distance traveled.

— Longreads, Longreads, 15 Sep. 2026
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

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