a. Of or pertaining to plebiscite. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. plébiscite, fr. L. plebiscitum. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., fr. plebs, plebis, common people + scitum decree. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate. [ 1913 Webster ]