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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr?"t?r; 135), n. [F. cr?ature, 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
creature
n 1: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn:
{animal}, {animate being}, {beast}, {brute}, {fauna}]
2: a human being `wight' is an archaic term [syn: {wight}]
3: a person who is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest
tasks for someone else [syn: {tool}, {puppet}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Creature
denotes the whole creation in Rom. 8:39; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:13;
the whole human race in Mark 16:15; Rom. 8:19-22.
The living creatures in Ezek. 10:15, 17, are imaginary beings,
symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.
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