Results for fabian
Definitions of fabian:
part of speech: adjective
Delaying; dilatory; avoiding battle, in imitation of Q. Fabius Maximus, a Roman general, who conducted military operations against Hannibal, by declining to risk a battle in the open field, but harassing the enemy by marches, countermarches and ambuscades. " Met by the Fabian tactics, which proved fatal to its predecessors."- London Times.
Usage examples for fabian:
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H. G. Wells agreed in the main with Shaw: both were Fabians and both were ready with a Fabian Utopia for humanity, which Belloc and Chesterton felt would be little better than a prison.
"Gilbert Keith Chesterton", Maisie Ward -
What does Father Fabian tell you, Aunt Mabel?
"May Brooke", Anna H. Dorsey -
In politics he became a disciple of the Cobden- Bright school and was one of the first members of the Fabian Society under the leadership of the redoubtable Bernard Shaw.
"Deep Furrows", Hopkins Moorhouse