Maytag

See also: maytag

English

Etymology

• (surname): Americanized form of German Maitag.
• (washing machine): The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag.

Proper noun

Maytag (plural Maytags)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Maytag is the 302882^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 57 individuals.

Noun

Maytag (plural Maytags)

1. A washing machine made by the Maytag company.
   • 1983, Monterey Life, volume 4, numbers 7-12, page 45:

     The last thing I want to have to do on a good sunny day is sit in a laundromat and listen to automatic Maytags fill and drain themselves of gallons of water.

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     Enid’s alchemical lab beneath the kitchen contained a Maytag with a wringer that swung over it, twinned rubber rollers like enormous black lips.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maytag”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 541.
• Forebears