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Plebiscite   /plˈɛbəsˌaɪt/  /plˈibɪsˌaɪt/   Listen
Plebiscite

noun
(Written also plebiscit)
1.
A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance.





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"Plebiscite" Quotes from Famous Books



... Emperor William did not know that Germany was the second power in the world so far as a mercantile navy was concerned until he himself told him; and on the ignorance of monarchs regarding their own domains, Goldwin Smith said that Lord Malmesbury, when assured by Napoleon III that in the plebiscite he would have the vote of the army, which was five hundred thousand, answered, "But, your majesty, your army numbers seven hundred thousand,'' whereupon the Emperor was silent. The in- ference was that his majesty knew a large part of his army ...
— Volume I • Andrew Dickson White


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