Plebiscite
Pronunciation : Pleb"i*scite
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. pl?biscite, fr. L. plebiscitum.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913