prime minister. n.

prime minister. n. Abbr. PM (1) A chief minister appointed by a ruler. (2) The head of the cabinet and often also the chief executive of a parliamentary democracy. (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Could some one explain to me how Mahmoud Abbas fits either of these definitions? And yet, he is universally known as "prime minister."

Seeing a good thing, perhaps I should start calling myself prime minister of the Middle East Forum? (June 5, 2003)

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