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The definition of yonder is something that is farther away, or over there.

(adjective)

An example of yonder is the tractor that isn’t close by but is farther away by the barn; the yonder tractor.

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adjective

farther; more distant (with the)
being at a distance, but within, or as within, sight; that or those over there

Origin: ME, extension of yond: see yond

adverb

at or in that place; over there

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adverb

In or at that indicated place: the house over yonder.

adjective

Being at an indicated distance, usually within sight: “Yonder hills,” he said, pointing.

pron.

One that is at an indicated place, usually within sight.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from yond, yond; see yond

Regional Note: The adverb yonder, from Old English geond, is not exclusively Southern but is more frequently used there than in any other region of the United States, and not only by older or uneducated speakers. Yonder is not merely a Southern synonym for there, which in the South tends to mean “only a few feet from the speaker.” Yonder carries with it an inherent sense of distance farther than “there” and is used if the person or thing indicated can be seen: the shed over yonder. Or it might be nearby but completely out of sight, as in the next room.

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