Fabian:
(always with a capital ‘F’; plural: ‘Fabians‘; for the right pronunciation, please click here)
‘Fabian Society = a group of people who believe in and supports the gradual rather than revolutionary ways for spreading the socialist principles – socialist political system, named after the Roman general Fabius Maximus
a member of the Fabian Society in Britain,
a Fabian — Ed Balls, Member of British parliament
e.g.
George Bernard Shaw, the noted Irish novelist, was a Fabian.
A Fabian is a person who supports the idea of bringing a social or political change in the society by gradual socialist tactics rather than revolting suddenly.
Fabians are a part of the Labour Party in the British politics.
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some members of Fabian Society
Note 1: ‘Fabian’, without a capital ‘F’ when found in the middle of a sentence, is more commonly used as an adjective to refer to a person, issue or policy, e.g. ‘fabian policy’, ‘fabian society’, etc. For an article about Fabian society, please click here.
Note 2: ‘Fabian’, always with a capital ‘F’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Fabian Hermosa, Fabian Lopez, Michael Fabian, etc. For a web page that gives us some statistics on this name, please click here.
