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| crea·ture [ krchər ] (plural crea·tures) |
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1. living being: any living person or animal
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2. unpleasant living being: an unpleasant or frightening living thing
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3. created thing: somebody or something that has been created
  a creature of your imagination
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4. type of person: somebody of a particular type
He's a creature of habit.
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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.
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| [13th century. Directly or via French< late Latin creatura< Latin creat- (see create)] |
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| crea·tur·al adjective |
| crea·ture·hood noun |
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