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creature

crea·ture [ krchər ] (plural crea·tures)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. living being: any living person or animal

2. unpleasant living being: an unpleasant or frightening living thing

3. created thing: somebody or something that has been created
a creature of your imagination

4. type of person: somebody of a particular type
He's a creature of habit.

5. subservient person: somebody who owes his or her status to another person and is thereby subject to undue influence
The senator is a creature of the party boss who got him elected.

[13th century. Directly or via French< late Latin creatura< Latin creat- (see create)]

crea·tur·al adjective
crea·ture·hood noun
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