a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

a person who is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

a human being; ` wight' is an archaic term

Anything created; anything not self- existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.

A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.

A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

A created living being; one dependent on the influence of another.

Whatever has been created, animate or inanimate: esp. every animated being, an animal, a man: a term of contempt or endearment: a dependent.

A being or thing created; one entirely subservient to another.

Belonging to the body.

That which is created; a created living being; a human being, in contempt or endearment; one who owes his rise or fortune to another; an instrument; whisky.

Every living thing except God, the Creator- applied also to inanimate substances; an animal; a human being in contempt or pity; anything produced or imagined; a dependent or tool.

Ellen could scarcely believe that it was a real creature. – On the Banks of the Amazon by W.H.G. Kingston

Am I then not a human creature like the rest of them? – Best Russian Short Stories by Various

" If the creature will do this while I'm here," said Sophia to herself, " what does she do when they are alone together in the house?" – The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

Altogether he is a very happy creature, and by no means a bad one. – Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Charles Nordhoff

The doctor is a good creature, and knows when to pity a man who can bear no more. – The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

If she had only been true to herself and her own heart, what a happy creature she might have been to- day. – A Terrible Secret by May Agnes Fleming

Mrs. Collins is certain that Miss Ermengarde knows something about Susy, and that they have had some words between them, and she says there'll be no rest for the poor little creature until she and Miss Ermie have made whatever is wrong straight. – The Children of Wilton Chase by Mrs. L. T. Meade

But a " voice" was never intended for the creature. – Roof and Meadow by Dallas Lore Sharp

This little flower has been a good creature. – Springhaven A Tale of the Great War by R. D. Blackmore

Not a living creature was in sight. – The Killer by Stewart Edward White

What a small creature she was beside them! – What's Mine's Mine by George MacDonald

What good could he do to any creature? – Bimbi by Louise de la Ramee

Yes, poor suffering creature. – The Story Of Waitstill Baxter by By Kate Douglas Wiggin

You are an extraordinary creature, he said, but really I must have it. – The Coast of Chance by Esther Chamberlain Lucia Chamberlain

I believe he's as unhappy at this moment as a creature can be! – At Fault by Kate Chopin

This young married creature had prepared a cabin. – The Lion's Share by E. Arnold Bennett

I go my ways without any man's leave; and if death comes to me a little sooner for that, I am a poor creature if I do not meet him smiling. – Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle

She is in love with me, poor creature! – Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac

You will be more comfortable down here with me, won't you, my dear, than up there, with not a creature to speak to? – Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope

I thought such a little creature as I am couldn't hurt anybody! – The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray