robert fulton

noun

1. Robert,1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat.
2. a city in central New York.
3. a city in central Missouri.
4. a male given name.

noun

1. Robert . 1765–1815, US engineer: designed the first successful steamboat (1807) and steam warship (1814)

1. American engineer and inventor who developed the first useful submarine and torpedo (1800) and produced the first practical steamboat (1807).