What does "yonder" mean?
Yonder: At a distance, but within view. Yonder are two apple women scolding. Arbuthnot.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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