Crea"ture (krē"tūr; 135), n. [F. créature, 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.
Macaulay. 4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc. Creature comforts, those which minister to the comfort of the body.
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