[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fabian \fa"bian\, 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
see also:
fabian policy 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fabian \fa"bian\, 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.

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fabian \fa"bian\, n.
   a member of, or sympathizer with, the fabian society.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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" syn: dilatory
     n : a member of the fabian society in britain
see also:
dilatory 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 moby thesaurus words for "fabian":
   fabian socialist, fourierist, fourieristic, marxist, owenite,
   saint-simonian, collectivist, collectivistic, corrective,
   emendatory, extremist, gradualistic, meliorist, melioristic,
   phalansterian, progressionist, progressist, progressive,
   progressivist, radical, reformational, reformative, reformatory,
   reformer, reformist, reformistic, revisional, revisionist,
   revisory, revolutionary, socialist, socialistic, state socialist,
   utopian, utopian socialist, utopist

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