river god UK /ˈɹɪvə ˌɡɒd/US /ˈɹɪvɚ ˌɡɑd/ noun1 •The tutelary deity of a river.It was as if she had been wooed by a river-god, who might any time take her to his wondrous halls below a watery heaven. — 1859 formsriver gods