Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Fabian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, n.
A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Fabian
adj 1: of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society" [syn: {Fabian}]
2: using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition;
avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy" [syn: {dilatory}]
n : a member of the Fabian Society in Britain [syn: {Fabian}]
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