What is the meaning of Creature?

A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.

An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.

A human.

A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.

A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

↑ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, eleventh edition, (Can we date this quote?)

plural of creatura

vocative masculine singular of creātūrus

creature, being

Something that has been created; an entity or object.

A living being or creature; an animal or beast.

A human being (often as a term of self-abasement).

The whole world, the totality of existence.

The process of making or creation.

alternative form of creatour

creature; being; entity

Source: wiktionary.org