Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, n. A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)