Meaning

noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

noun a human being; `wight' is an archaic term

noun a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

originFrom Middle English creature in the original sense of “a created thing”, borrowed via Old French creature, criature, from Latin creātūra, from creō. By surface analysis, create + -ure. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0