Creature — Defs

01 n. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

1.
Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.
“He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him.” — Fuller.

“God's first creature was light.” — Bacon.

“On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.” — Milton.

“And most attractive is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.” — Cowper.
2.
A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.
“The world hath not a sweeter creature.” — Shak.
3.
A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
“A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen.” — Shak.

“Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.” — Macaulay.
4.
A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

Phrases & compounds

Creature comforts — those objects, as food, drink, and shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.