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DELIVERER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who gives up or transfers money or goods
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deliverer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliverer"):
bailor (the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment)
Derivation:
deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)
deliver (to surrender someone or something to another)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone employed to make deliveries
Synonyms:
deliverer; delivery boy; deliveryman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("deliverer" is a kind of...):
employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliverer"):
carrier; newsboy (a boy who delivers newspapers)
coalman (someone who delivers coal)
grocery boy (a delivery boy for groceries)
iceman (someone who cuts and delivers ice)
carrier; letter carrier; mail carrier; mailman; postman (a man who delivers the mail)
milkman (someone who delivers milk)
paperboy (a boy who sells or delivers newspapers)
Derivation:
deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person who rescues you from harm or danger
Synonyms:
deliverer; rescuer; savior; saviour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("deliverer" is a kind of...):
benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deliverer"):
christ; messiah (any expected deliverer)
Derivation:
deliver (free from harm or evil)
deliver (save from sins)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Synonyms:
Christ; Deliverer; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Jesus Christ; Jesus of Nazareth; Redeemer; Savior; Saviour; the Nazarene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Logos; Son; Word (the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus))
Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)
Instance hyponyms:
El Nino (the Christ child)
Derivation:
deliver (save from sins)
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