'Plebiscit' definitions:
Definition of 'plebiscit'
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- Plebiscite \Pleb"i*scite\, n. [F. pl['e]biscite, fr. L. plebiscitum.] A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791. [Written also plebiscit.] [1913 Webster]
- Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French. --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster]