creature

creature [-s, -'s] n

Fr. < L. creātūra, thing created.

  1. Animal; animate being; living thing.
  2. Person; individual; friend; dear one.
  3. Unwanted thing; contemptible one; [fig.] death.
  4. Person; wretch; unfortunate; pitiful one; pathetic person; disadvantaged individual.
  5. Creation; thing; created object; product of creative action.