Emily Dickinson Lexicon

creature (-s, -'s), n. [Fr. < L. creātūra, thing created.] (webplay: air, being, creator, darkness, denotes, earth, existent, God, human, light, living, poor, pretty, rise, stars, sun, sweet, words).

1. Unwanted thing; contemptible one; [fig.] death.
2. Person; wretch; unfortunate; pitiful one; pathetic person; disadvantaged individual.
3. Creation; thing; created object; product of creative action.
4. Animal; animate being; living thing.
5. Person; individual; friend; dear one.