3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
yonder
adjective: distant but within sight ('yon' is dialectal); "yonder
valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn:
{yon}]
adverb: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place ('yon' is
archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered
here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: {yon}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Yonder \Yon"der\, adverb [OE. yonder, [yogh]onder; cf. OD. ginder,
Goth. jaindr? there. ????. See {Yond}, adverb]
At a distance, but within view.
Yonder are two apple women scolding. --Arbuthnot.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Yonder \Yon"der\, adjective
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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