A deliveryman is a person whose job involves bringing packages, food, mail, or other items to people's homes or businesses. When you order a pizza and someone rings your doorbell with a hot box in hand, that's a delivery person. When a package from an online store arrives at your front door, a delivery driver brought it there.

The job requires planning efficient routes through neighborhoods or cities, keeping track of multiple orders or packages, and making sure everything reaches the right address on time. Delivery workers go out in all kinds of weather: rain, snow, summer heat, or freezing cold. Some delivery people drive trucks for major shipping companies, while others ride bikes through busy city streets delivering restaurant meals.

The work has always been essential to how communities function. Before the internet, delivery workers brought mail and newspapers. Today they bring everything from groceries to medicine to birthday presents. During difficult times, like severe weather or emergencies, delivery workers often keep going so people can get what they need without leaving home.

While “deliveryman” traditionally referred to men in this profession, today people of all genders do this work, so you might also hear terms like delivery person or delivery driver.