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Meanings of yonder in English

Distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)

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Usage of yonder in English
1
He is in the hut now; he sits yonder in the shadow.
Nada the Lily
2
The gentlemen fighting yonder are in no tender mood; I know them.
Princess Maritza
3
There, see, Sir; the fog is thinning; that is the castle yonder.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
4
Four of them are in the cellar of the church yonder now.
The Brick Moon, and Other Stories
5
See yonder; lights are on the pathway as high as the tree-bridge.
Prisoners of Chance / The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen,...
6
The young brave is right; the harvest moon is yonder a crescent.
The American Family Robinson / or, The Adventures of a Family lo...
7
As for the house, she might leave it; yonder was the dawn.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
8
He is standing among the generals in front of the house yonder.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
9
They was in the back room yonder, which she got in somehow.
The Gray Madam / 1899
10
I know for a fact that man yonder's a nigger, said Owens.
Blood Meridian
11
I seen the canoes and the tent up yonder along the shore.
Canoe Boys and Campfires; Or, Adventures on Winding Waters
12
It was the valley of the Surmelin, and yonder was the Marne.
The Wrong Twin
13
The Kid and del Rio will be yonder; those are their horses.
The Bells of San Juan
14
You will find pen and ink in the drawer of yonder table.
Andreas Hofer: An Historical Novel
15
For yonder in the shadow showed the tall form of a man.
Ayesha, the Return of She
16
The idea of yonder silly creature being the companion of a MAN.
A Face Illumined
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Yonder across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare