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Plebiscite

Plebiscite Meaning & Definition
Plebiscite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Plebiscite?

[n] a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Plebiscite:

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See Also | vote

Plebiscite In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.] Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French. --Fitzed. Hall.

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