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| 1. | Robert, 1765–1815, U.S. engineer and inventor: builder of the first profitable steamboat. |
| 2. | a city in central New York. 13,312. |
| 3. | a city in central Missouri. 11,046. |
| 4. | a male given name. |
| Ful·ton (fŏŏl'tən) A city of central Missouri east-southeast of Columbia. On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his Iron Curtain speech here at Westminster College (established 1851). Population: 12,300. |
| Fulton, Robert 1765-1815. American engineer and inventor who developed the first useful submarine and torpedo (1800) and produced the first practical steamboat, the Clermont (1807). |
Fulton (f l'tən) Pronunciation Key
American engineer and inventor who developed the first useful submarine and torpedo (1800) and produced the first practical steamboat (1807). |