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
Anderl was gunned down in 2020 at his mother’s home by a shooter masquerading as a deliveryman.
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
Defense lawyer James Thiros wrote Johnson was only the drug runner, or deliveryman.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Earlier in the week, the sheriff’s department conducted a similar operation, briefly detaining a person of interest — later revealed as a deliveryman named Carlos — before ultimately releasing him without charges hours later.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2026
While there was much speculation over who killed Mineo, pizza deliveryman Lionel Ray Williams was convicted and received 51 years in prison for murdering Mineo and committing 10 robberies, per the Los Angeles Sentinel.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
Defense lawyer James Thiros wrote Johnson was only the drug runner, or deliveryman.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Earlier in the week, the sheriff’s department conducted a similar operation, briefly detaining a person of interest — later revealed as a deliveryman named Carlos — before ultimately releasing him without charges hours later.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2026
While there was much speculation over who killed Mineo, pizza deliveryman Lionel Ray Williams was convicted and received 51 years in prison for murdering Mineo and committing 10 robberies, per the Los Angeles Sentinel.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliveryman
Noun
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Jewelry couriers carrying armored cases disappear into the famously tiny elevators.—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Staffers in the front office smoked, gabbed on the phone, and chatted with the illustrators and couriers stopping by the third-floor walk-up to drop off portfolios.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
15 May 2026
Noun
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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
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The biblical prophet Isaiah foretold the advent of the deliverer of peace.—
Beth Schaefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Deliveryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliveryman. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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