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A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.

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  1. n. A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.
  2. n. a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
  3. 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.
  4. A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, apopular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of1791. [Written also plebiscit.]Plebiscite we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French.Fitzed. Hall.
  5. n:100 n. a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance