Usually means: Vote to decide a specific issue.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word plebiscite:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. plebiscite: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. plebiscite: Merriam-Webster
  3. plebiscite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. plebiscite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. plebiscite: Collins English Dictionary
  6. plebiscite: Vocabulary.com
  7. Plebiscite, plebiscite: Wordnik
  8. plebiscite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. plebiscite: Wiktionary
  10. plebiscite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. plebiscite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. plebiscite: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. plebiscite: Dictionary.com
  14. plebiscite: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Plebiscite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Plebiscite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. plebiscite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. plebiscite: Rhymezone
  19. Plebiscite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. plebiscite: FreeDictionary.org
  21. plebiscite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Plebiscite: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. plebiscite: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  2. plebiscite: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plebiscite: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. Plebiscite: Glossary of Election Terms
  3. plebiscite: A Word A Day

(Note: See plebiscitary as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (law, politics) A direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy.
noun:  (by extension) An expression of the public's views on an issue, whether legally binding or not.
noun:  (Ancient Rome, historical) Synonym of plebiscitum (“a law enacted by the common people, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the intervention of the senate”)

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