Salazar Slytherin was one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Voldemort (Tom Marvelo Riddle) was a direct descendent of Slytherin.
The other founders are Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor and Helga Hufflepuff.
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Slytherin.
No, James Potter was in Gryffindor house. Harry's mother was also in Gryffindor.
The first Hogwarts house mentioned in the Harry Potterseries was the Slytherin House, first mentioned by Draco Malfoy in Chapter Five of The Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone. The last house mentioned was also Slytherin, mentioned this time by Harry Potter himself in the epilogue of The Deathly Hallows.
Draco Malfoy and his friends Crabbe and Goyle are in Slytherin house. The head of Slytherin is Professor Snape. And Slughorn. Pansy Parkinson
Slytherin is a proper noun; a name. It doesn't have an actual definition, but it is probably meant to sound like "slithering" in reference to snakes.