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yonder (adv.)

"within sight but not near," c. 1300, from Old English geond "throughout, up to, as far as" (see yond) + comparative suffix -er (2). Cognate with Middle Low German ginder, Middle Dutch gender, Dutch ginder, Gothic jaindre. Now replaced except in poetic usage by ungrammatical that.

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Definitions of yonder from WordNet
1
yonder (adv.)
at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham;
the house yonder
Synonyms: yon
2
yonder (adj.)
distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal);
the hills yonder
yonder valley
Synonyms: yon
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