creature

[ kree-cher ]
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noun
  1. an animal, especially a nonhuman: the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space.

  2. anything created, whether animate or inanimate.

  1. person; human being: She is a charming creature. The driver of a bus is sometimes an irritable creature.

  2. an animate being.

  3. a person whose position or fortune is owed to someone or something and who continues under the control or influence of that person or thing: The cardinal was a creature of Louis XI.

  4. Scot. and Older U.S. Use.Usually the creature . intoxicating liquor, especially whiskey: He drinks a bit of the creature before bedtime.

Origin of creature

1
First recorded before 1250–1300; Middle English creature, from Late Latin creātūra “act of creating”; see create, -ure

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British Dictionary definitions for creature

creature

/ (ˈkriːtʃə) /


noun
  1. a living being, esp an animal

  2. something that has been created, whether animate or inanimate: a creature of the imagination

  1. a human being; person: used as a term of scorn, pity, or endearment

  2. a person who is dependent upon another; tool or puppet

Origin of creature

1
C13: from Church Latin crēatūra, from Latin crēare to create

Derived forms of creature

  • creatural or creaturely, adjective
  • creatureliness, noun

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