The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature,
   L. creatura. See Create.]
   1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially,
      any being created with life; an animal; a man.
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            He asked water, a creature so common and needful
            that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
                                                  --Fuller.
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            God's first creature was light.       --Bacon.
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            On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
            Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
                                                  --Milton.
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            And most attractive is the fair result
            Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
                                                  --Cowper.
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   2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a
      poor creature; a pretty creature.
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            The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.
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   3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a
      servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
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            A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.
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            Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
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   Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and
      shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

creature comforts
    n 1: things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the
         comforts of home" [syn: comforts, creature comforts,
         amenities, conveniences]