How to pronounce creature
American English pronunciation
KREE-cher
- IPA
- /ˈkɹitʃɚ/
- Syllables
- KREE · cher (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What creature means
Most people know creature in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A person who obeys a powerful backer's every wish
In a sentence: The king's adviser was a creature of the sly duke and did whatever the duke told him.
Where it comes from: It came through French from Latin creatura, a made thing, from creare, to make. Such a person was seen as the making of the one who raised them up.
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