Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

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.

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 : WordNet®

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}]

Fabian
     n : a member of the Fabian Society in Britain