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yon⋅der

  [yon-der]
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–adjective
1. being in that place or over there; being that or those over there: That road yonder is the one to take.
2. being the more distant or farther: yonder side.
–adverb
3. at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME yonder, yender, equiv. to yond + -er as in hither, thither, etc.; akin to D ginder, Goth jaindre

yond

  [yond] ,
–adverb, adjective Archaic.
yonder.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE geond; akin to D ginds, Goth jaind. See yon
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yon·der   (yŏn'dər)   
adv.  In or at that indicated place: the house over yonder.
adj.  Being at an indicated distance, usually within sight: "Yonder hills," he said, pointing.
pron.  One that is at an indicated place, usually within sight.

[Middle English, from yond, yond; see yond.]
The adverb yonder, from Old English geond, is not exclusively Southern but is more frequently used there than in any other region of the United States, and not only by older or uneducated speakers. Yonder is not merely a Southern synonym for there, which in the South tends to mean "only a few feet from the speaker." Yonder carries with it an inherent sense of distance farther than "there" and is used if the person or thing indicated can be seen: the shed over yonder. Or it might be nearby but completely out of sight, as in the next room.
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Yonder

Yon"der\, adv. [OE. yonder, [yogh]onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr? there. ????. See Yond, adv.] At a distance, but within view.

Yonder are two apple women scolding. --Arbuthnot.

Yonder

Yon"der\, a. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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yonder 
c.1300, from O.E. geond (see yond) + comp. suffix -er. Now replaced except in poetic usage by ungrammatical that.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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