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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Plebiscite

/plĕb'-əs-ītˌ/ · Pleb·i·scite · IPA /ˈplɛbəˌsaɪt/
01 n. A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.
  1. 1.
    A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.
    Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French.” — Fitzed. Hall.