Fabian

·add. ·adj Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.

II. Fabian ·add. ·noun A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.

III. Fabian ·adj Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.

IV. Fabian ·add. ·adj Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles gradually without violent agitation.