Synonyms:
yonder, yon
Meaning: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
yonder, yon
Meaning: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham
Usage examples
Yon lodger of yours is dead, and your mother in a fine way, wondering where you are!"
"We shall try another method on them, since yon one did not stop them," said the druid.
My shawl, Peyton, if you please--the breeze comes a little chilly from yon verdured hills."
"Lo! to yon sedgy bank He creeps disconsolate; his numerous foes Surround him, hounds and men.
Yon hollow trunk, That with its hoary head incurv'd salutes The passing wave, must be the tyrant's fort And dread abode.
"Yon Indian is a 'runner' of the army; and, after the fashion of his people, he may be accounted a hero," returned the officer.
"Divinely led by love's bright flame, To this lone temple's shrine we come; And as yon beacon meets our eye, To dream, perchance, of days gone by."