yon
IPA: jˈɑn
noun
- A male given name
- A surname.
- A surname from French.
- A surname from Korean.
adjective
- (dated or dialectal) distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
adverb
- (dated or dialectal) yonder.
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Examples of "yon" in Sentences
- And seek in yon green glen the joy that waits our hearts, my Dear.
- And my wife, who cherished her sweet infancy, is now within yon brae.
- "Weather like yon is too good to last," said Mrs. Watson complacently,
- There is a gentleman that is up in yon lodge on the hill above Glendyer.
- a fure yon will not leave me. 'ly the word yon will not go, cruel let me find ye,
- What do they call yon, and what is the name of the one whose sale you wish to trace? "
- Such a word as _yonder_ is common enough still; but its corresponding adjective _yon_, as in the phrase "yon man," is usually relegated to our dialects.
- If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars; It may be, in yon smoke conceal'd, Your comrades chase e'en now the fliers, And, but for you, possess the field.
- -- stern duty seals our doom Though here I call yon conscious clouds to witness, Could I pursue the bias of my soul, All friends, all right of parents, I'd disclaim,
- The making-up of the Madras into a turban is called "tying a head" (_marré yon tête_); and a prettily folded turban is spoken of as "a head well tied" (_yon tête bien marré_) ....
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