creature

The definition of a creature is a person, animal or other being, real, imaginary or mythical.

(noun)

See creature in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

anything created, animate or inanimate
an animate or living being; esp.,
1. ☆ Chiefly Dial. a domestic animal, specif. a horse
2. a human being: often used in a patronizing, contemptuous, commiserating, or endearing sense
3. a strange or imaginary being
one completely dominated by another or dependent on another

Origin: OFr < L creatura

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See creature in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Something created.
a. A living being, especially an animal: land creatures; microscopic creatures in a drop of water.
b. A human.
c. An imaginary or fantastical being: mythological creatures; a creature from outer space.
One dependent on or subservient to another.

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