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deliveryman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone employed to make deliveries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone employed to make deliveries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delivery boy, deliverer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: employee

Narrower terms: carrier, newsboy, coalman, grocery boy, iceman, mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, milkman, paperboy

History

Etymology

From delivery + man or delivery + -man.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: repartidor — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 送貨人 /送货人 (sònghuòrén) — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Chinese Mandarin: 送貨員 /送货员 (sònghuòyuán) — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Finnish: jakaja — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Finnish: lähetti — someone employed to make deliveries
  • French: livreur — someone employed to make deliveries
  • German: Lieferant — someone employed to make deliveries
  • German: Zusteller — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Hebrew: שָׁלִיחַ (shalíakh) — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Italian: fattorino — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Italian: addetto alle consegne — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Japanese: 配達員 (haitatsuin) — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Polish: dostawca — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Portuguese: entregador — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Romanian: livrator — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Russian: доста́вщик (dostávščik) — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Spanish: recadero — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Spanish: repartidor — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Turkish: kurye — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Ukrainian: постача́льник (postačálʹnyk) — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Ukrainian: доста́вник (dostávnyk) — someone employed to make deliveries
  • Vietnamese: nhân viên giao hàng — someone employed to make deliveries