1. American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815); [syn: Fulton, Robert Fulton]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Robert Fulton
n 1: American inventor who designed the first commercially
successful steamboat and the first steam warship
(1765-1815) [syn: Fulton, Robert Fulton]