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

“All the lights were off,” the deliveryman recalled from his food order he brought over early on Friday.

From The Daily Beast

Leaving the moribund Eddie, Frank crosses paths with a black deliveryman, and they talk about hurricane survivors.

From The Daily Beast

The actress even has the deliveryman scratch her back as she kicks her leg up in the air like a dog.

From The Daily Beast

Ebel was accused of shooting the chief of the Colorado Department of Corrections, as well as a pizza deliveryman.

From The Daily Beast

As I was heading into the lab, a FedEx deliveryman passed me by wearing cologne or deodorant—and the scent just knocked me over.

From The Daily Beast

The only one she really favored was the laundry deliveryman, and Peter soon realized why.

From Project Gutenberg

The top of the milk bottle over which the milk is poured is exposed to contamination from the hands of the deliveryman.

From Project Gutenberg