deliveryman

[ dih-liv-uh-ree-man, -muhn ]

noun

, plural de·liv·er·y·men [dih-, liv, -, uh, -ree-men, -m, uh, n].

1. a person employed to make deliveries of merchandise to purchasers, usually by means of a truck.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deliveryman¹

First recorded in 1915–20; delivery + man

Example Sentences

But the movie is really about Murphy’s quietly anguished coal deliveryman, Bill, and his deepening crisis of conscience.

From New York Times

Groceries are wheelbarrowed to the front door by a deliveryman whose significance you don’t grasp until he turns his back, revealing the red prisoner stripe on his jacket.

From Los Angeles Times

"They are for Autumn, I mean Andrea, to wear to the prince's ball. It’s a lucky thing both girls wear the same shoe size. Ms. Zelda is downstairs now, getting the package from the deliveryman."

From Literature

He continued his studies in Kentucky, at the University of Kentucky and then University of Louisville, and worked as a pizza deliveryman to help with tuition.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2019, she helped personally represent a Black bicycle deliveryman in a racially charged case in which he was accused of fatal stabbing a white real estate developer in Philadelphia.

From Washington Times