creature

n. [ F. créature, L. creatura. See Create. ] 1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man. [ 1913 Webster ]

He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

God's first creature was light. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And most attractive is the fair result
Of thought, the creature of a polished mind. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world hath not a sweeter creature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool. [ 1913 Webster ]

A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Without created beings; alone. [ 1913 Webster ]

God was alone And creatureless at first. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Creatural; characteristic of a creature. [ R. ] “Creaturely faculties.” Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]