A person or thing that delivers something, such as packages, mail, speeches, or babies.
From Old French 'delivrer' (to set free, hand over) with the agent suffix '-er' added around the 1400s. Originally meant 'one who sets free' before broadening to include any form of delivery.
The word 'deliverer' has biblical weight—think of Jesus described as a deliverer—but today we use it casually for pizza drivers, showing how language democratizes grand concepts.
Historically defaulted to masculine ('deliverer' assumed male); feminine form 'deliveress' existed but rarely used, reflecting occupational gender segregation.
Use 'deliverer' generically for any person; avoid gendered variants.
["delivery agent","person providing delivery"]
Women have always delivered goods, services, and messages; masculine defaults obscured their labor.
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