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ROBERT FULTON
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• ROBERT FULTON (noun)
The noun ROBERT FULTON has 1 sense:
1. American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
Familiarity information: ROBERT FULTON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Fulton; Robert Fulton
Instance hypernyms:
artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)
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"Words of wisdom comes out of simple people mouths." (Arabic proverb)
"When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away." (Dutch proverb)