English

Noun

creatur ‎(plural creaturs)

1. Obsolete spelling of creature
   • 1901, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Uncalled:

     I 'm mighty sorry to hear about the poor old creatur; but she 'd served you a long while."

   • 1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner:

     But it was observed with some irritation in the village, that anybody but a "blind creatur" like Marner would have seen the man prowling about, for how came he to leave his tinder-box in the ditch close by, if he hadn't been lingering there?

   • 1799, George Eliot, Adam Bede:

     "Frightened, very frightened, when they first brought her in; it was the first sight of the crowd and the judge, poor creatur.

Latin

Verb

creātur

1. third-person singular present passive indicative of creō

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin creātor.

Noun

creatur m ‎(oblique plural creaturs, nominative singular creaturs, nominative plural creatur)

1. creator (one who creates)
   • 1958, The French Text of the Ancrene Riwle (based on the Cambridge manuscript, circa 1300)

     Kar quele compareison est entre le creatour e sa creature?

     For what comparison is there between the creator and his creature?

Usage notes

• Almost always refers to the Christian idea of God or Jesus Christ

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (creator, supplement)
• creatur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub