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CREATURE
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
(noun) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
creature, wight
(noun) a human being; ‘wight’ is an archaic term
creature, tool, puppet
(noun) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
creature (plural creatures)
A living being; an animal or (sometimes, derogatory) a human.
(now rare) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
Usage notes
• For an explanation of the specialised use of the alternative spelling creäture, see its entry’s usage notes.
• Adjectives often applied to "creature": evil, living, little, mythical, poor, strange, beautiful, wild, rational, marine, social, legendary, good, mysterious, curious, magical, dangerous, mythological, bizarre, monstrous, unhappy, huge, lowly, ugly, happy, unique, odd, weird, demonic, divine, imaginary, hideous, fabulous, nocturnal, angelic, political.
Hyponyms
• See also creature
Anagrams
• ecarteur
Source: Wiktionary
Crea"ture (kr"tr; 135), n. Etym: [F. cr, L. creatura. See Create.]
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. Macualay.
4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc. Creature comforts, those which minister to the comfort of the body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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