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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yonder  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Yonder  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  yonder 
  adj  :  distant  but  within  sight;  "yonder  valley";  "the  hills 
  yonder";  (`yon'  is  dialectal,  as  in  "what  is  yon 
  place?")  [syn:  {yon}] 
  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)  [syn:  {yon}] 




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