Impersonal letter starter (4 letters)

{ Answer }

SIRS

{ Related Clues }

Gentlemen
Knights
Lords
Men
Noblemen
Rouses
A salutation
Balin and Balan
Beknighted souls?
Business salutation
"Dear" ones
Dear people?
Epistolary salutation
Generic addressees
Lancelot and others
Letter beginning
Letter opener
Olivier, Gielgud et al.
Titles for baronets
Business-letter greeting
Dear ones in letters
Dear people of letters
House of Lords members
Knights in shining armor
Old letter opener
Round Table assemblage
Sexist letter start
Non-P.C. letter opening
Rudolf Bing and Noël Coward
These are always dubbed
Word often followed by a colon

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer SIRS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SIR as a noun:

1. term of address for a man

2. a title used before the name of knight or baronet