Fabian > define
noun
- A member of the Fabian Society in Britain.
adjective
- Of or relating to Fabianism.
- usage: "the Fabian society"
- Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation.
- usage: "a fabian policy"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) Of, pertaining to or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.
- (n.) A member of or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.
- (a.) Designating or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles gradually without violent agitation.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary