food delivery person
Refers specifically to a person who delivers food from a restaurant, often on a bicycle or motorbike. The term is somewhat dated; modern services may use デリバリースタッフ or 配達員.
Even on rainy days, the food delivery person works busily.
In the past, delivery people carried stacked food boxes on bicycles.
配達員 is a more general term for a delivery person (not limited to food), and is more common in modern contexts.
Standard kanji spelling for a food delivery person.
Variant spelling omitting the okurigana ち; less common.
Compound of 出前 (delivery, especially of food) and 持ち (carrier, from 持つ 'to hold'). The term reflects the traditional practice of carrying food orders to customers.