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   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"
         n 1: a member of the Fabian Society in Britain

English Dictionary: Fabiana by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fabiana
n
  1. genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs
    Synonym(s): Fabiana, genus Fabiana
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, n.
      A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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