n. 1 a an animal, as distinct from a human being. b any living being (we are all God's creatures). 2 a person of a specified kind (poor creature). 3 a person owing status to and obsequiously subservient to another. 4 anything created; a creation. creature comforts material comforts such as good food, warmth, etc. creature of habit a person set in an unvarying routine. creaturely adj.
[ ME f. OF f. LL creatura (as CREATE) ]