From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists,
organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic
principles gradually without violent agitation.
The Fabian Society proposes then to conquer by
delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush,
but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer
methods of patient discussion, exposition, and
political action. --William
Clarke.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, n.
A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, a. [L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to
Fabius.]
Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general,
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory;
avoiding a decisive contest.
[1913 Webster]
{Fabian policy}, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who,
by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal,
harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and
ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fabian
adj 1: of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society"
2: using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition;
avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy"
n 1: a member of the Fabian Society in Britain
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