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Meaning of YONDER

Pronunciation:  'yândur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  at or in an indicated (usually distant) place; "the house yonder"; (`yon' is archaic and dialectal as in"scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham)
  2. [adj]  distant but within sight; "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; (`yon' is dialectal, as in"what is yon place?")
 
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 Synonyms: distant, yon, yon
 

 

 

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Yonder
Year after year, the plum tree which the farmer planted is witness to the continuing generations of his family.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Yon"der\, adv. [OE. yonder, [yogh]onder; cf. OD. ginder,
    Goth. jaindr? there. ????. See {Yond}, adv.]
    At a distance, but within view.
          Yonder are two apple women scolding.     --Arbuthnot.
    
  2. \Yon"der\, a.
    Being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within
    view; that or those there; yon. ``Yon flowery arbors, yonder
    alleys green.'' --Milton. ``Yonder sea of light.'' --Keble.
          Yonder men are too many for an embassage. --Bacon.
    
 

 

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