Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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 controlled by others and is used to perform
        unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: {tool},
         {puppet}]