an animal, especially a nonhuman: the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space.

anything created , whether animate or inanimate.

person; human being: She is a charming creature. The driver of a bus is sometimes an irritable creature.

an animate being.

a person whose position or fortune is owed to someone or something and who continues under the control or influence of that person or thing: The cardinal was a creature of Louis XI.