Fabian
Fabian , adjective
[Latin 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.
Collocations (1)
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.
Fabian , adjective
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.
Fabian , noun
A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.