Fabian
21Fabian — /fay bee euhn/, adj. 1. seeking victory by delay and harassment rather than by a decisive battle as in the manner of Fabius Maximus: Fabian policy. 2. of or pertaining to the Fabian Society. n. 3. a member of or sympathizer with the Fabian… …
22Fabian — /ˈfeɪbiən/ (say faybeeuhn) adjective 1. of or relating to the Fabian Society or its philosophy or tactics. –noun 2. a member of or a sympathiser with the Fabian Society. {See Fabian Society} –Fabianism, noun –Fabianist, noun, adjective …
23Fabian — adjective Date: 1638 1. a. of, relating to, or in the manner of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus known for his defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War by the avoidance of decisive contests b. cautious, dilatory 2. [the Fabian Society;… …
24Fabian — Fa•bi•an [[t]ˈfeɪ bi ən[/t]] adj. 1) gov mil seeking victory by delay and harassment rather than by a decisive battle, as in the manner of Fabius Maximus defeating Hannibal in the Second Punic War 2) gov nam. of or pertaining to the Fabian… …
25fabian — n. & adj. n. a member or supporter of the Fabian Society, an organization of socialists aiming at a gradual rather than revolutionary achievement of socialism. adj. 1 relating to or characteristic of the Fabians. 2 employing a cautiously… …
26Fabian — n. & adj. n. a member or supporter of the Fabian Society, an organization of socialists aiming at a gradual rather than revolutionary achievement of socialism. adj. 1 relating to or characteristic of the Fabians. 2 employing a cautiously… …
27fabian — adjective 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… …
28Fabian — Synonyms and related words: Fabian socialist, Fourierist, Fourieristic, Marxist, Owenite, Saint Simonian, collectivist, collectivistic, corrective, emendatory, extremist, gradualistic, meliorist, melioristic, phalansterian, progressionist,… …
29Fabian — lateinischer Ursprung, Bedeutung angelehnt an einen altrömischen Familiennamen. Ein seit dem Mittelalter beliebter Name. Bekannt durch den Römer Qiuntus Fabius Maximus, der Rom vor Hannibal rettete. Namensträger: Fabian Hambüchen, deutscher… …
30Fabian — aus dem gleich lautenden Rufnamen lateinischen Ursprungs, der auf einen römischen Geschlechternamen zurückgeht, entstandener Familienname. Zur Verbreitung des Namens im Mittelalter trug die Verehrung des heiligen Fabianus bei, der als Papst i.J.… …
