an animal, as distinct from a human
an animate being
the least of God's creatures
a person described in some way
a pathetic creature
a person who is the servile dependant or tool of another
Sir Francis Windebank … was a creature of [Archbishop] Laud's — David Hume
a thing that is the product or offspring of something; a figment
mere creatures of fantasy
something created
I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were — Mary Shelley
creatural adj
creaturely adj
[Middle English via Old French from late Latin creatura, from Latin creatus: see create]