yonder

1. 1
   adverbdialectalSouthern US

   Over there. At or to a place some distance away, often one you can point to.

   Park your truck over yonder by the fence.

   My cousin lives in that little house yonder.

   UsagePeople usually say over yonder. To many speakers it sounds old or folksy.

   Similarthere

   Oppositehere (entry)

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2. 2
   determinerarchaic

   That one over there. Used to point to a person or thing far away that you can still see.

   Do you see yonder tree? We will meet there.

   Fire, the Sword, and Plagueǃ They may all be found in the yonder city; on my head alone may they fallǃ

   1826, [Mary Shelley], The Last ManHere, yonder means that, over there in the distance.

   UsageUsually no the before it: yonder tree means that tree over there.

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   far distancenounliteraryuncountable

   A very far-away place, especially the open sky or a wild forest.

   The balloon floated up into the blue yonder.

   The little plane took off and flew into the wild blue yonder.

   UsageUsually the wild blue yonder, meaning the sky.

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