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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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